OGHA INVITES MORE STAKEHOLDERS OF ANCHO- BORROWERS OVER ILLEGAL DEDUCTIONS FROM VICTIMS' PERSONAL SAVINGS


Ogun State House of Assembly has invited some stakeholders and officials involved in the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the Federal government including one Mr. Segun Adewunmi, a former National President, Nigeria Cassava Growers' Association (NCGA) and his State Chapter counterpart, Prince Akinbode Adeleye, as well as officials of the Nigeria Agriculture Mechanization and Equipment Leasing Company (NAMEL) representatives of the Central Bank of Nigeria and their Wema Bank counterparts for further engagements over the ongoing deliberation on the illegal deductions from the personal savings of some of subscribers of the Programme. 

The Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture, Hon. Waliu Owode, issued the invitations while presiding over a follow-up meeting with some invited Banks officials and the representatives of the Anchor Borrowers Programme victims, regarding the alleged withdrawals of their savings by the Wema Bank at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

The Chairman in company of other lawmakers, also extended an invitation to the officials of the State Ministry of Agriculture, former programme manager, State Agricultural Development Programme (OGADEP) Pastor Taiwo Ayansanwo, directing the management of Wema Bank to stop debiting all the accounts of the victims who were supposed to be subscribers of the anchor borrowers' scheme.

The Committee directed that the Bank should avail the House with the comprehensive details of all accounts earlier credited, copies of correspondences from all commodity growers; list of all service providers before the next meeting slated for  next Thursday, 17th April, 2025.

Owode explained that the invitation by the House Committee was to enable the lawmakers have a clear picture on financial transactions that led to the illegal deductions on personal savings of the victims and ensure the recovery of their funds.

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